Tamie Davis is an Aussie living in Tanzania, writing at meetjesusatuni.com.
I won’t be watching the Royal Wedding on Friday. That’s mainly because we booked in dinner with friends before we realised the clash, shock horror! But I can’t say I feel ambivalent towards it either. In fact, I’ve been feeling sort of upset about it and not sure why. I’ve […]
I’ve been reflecting on the Christa this Easter. It’s this piece of art, of a woman crucified. I started thinking about it because of this very stimulating article on the ‘Women in Theology’ blog. The author argues there that the Christa is a stunning expression of Christ’s solidarity. Some women […]
h/t resurgence
The school next to our church has been involved in a Melbourne-wide controversy about Christian religious education in Victoria. Facebook has been flooded with calls for Christians to write letters, sign petitions and get informed about CRE. The dispute was resolved just this week. Coming from SA, which doesn’t have […]
I follow the M’Cheyne plan for reading the Bible. One beauty of it is that you read parts of the Bible you wouldn’t normally read. And come across interesting things. Today I read Leviticus 11-12 and was fascinated to read about insects that walk on all fours being unclean. Now, […]
Apparently the oppression of women by the propagation of unrealistic images of their bodies is not Photoshop’s fault! Here are 20 classic pin up girls and the photos they came from. Apart from change in scenery and removal of some items of clothing, most notable changes include: lightened hair colour […]
Tonight a girl from our Melbourne church asked me how a feminist can read the Bible. In particular, she wondered why the Bible treats women so negatively, as the ones who do the wrong thing. I thought it was a good question and it expresses what I think is a common perception […]
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